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"hand-to-mouth" in Spanish

QUICK TRANSLATIONS
"hand-to-mouth" in Spanish
hand-to-mouth{adjective}
pobre- precario
Translations & ExamplesSimilar TranslationsContext Examples
TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
hand-to-mouth{adjective}
hand-to-mouth(also: lame, feeble, flimsy, impoverished)
pobre{adj.}
hand-to-mouth(also: brittle, fragile, frail, meager)
precario{adj.}
If allocated properly, aid has the potential to help millions of people escape a hand-to-mouth existence.
Si se distribuye de un modo adecuado, la ayuda tiene el potencial de contribuir a que millones de personas escapen de una existencia precaria.

SIMILAR TRANSLATIONS
Similar translations for "hand-to-mouth" in Spanish
handnoun
cabeza- cacho- juego- manilla- puntero- racimo- jugador- jugadora- obrero- obrera- cartas- manecilla- aguja- palmo- mano- marinero- letra
to handverb
alargar- pasar
topreposition
a- para- hasta- hacia- con destino a- de- por
to
para
mouthnoun
trompa- embocadura- barra- bocana- buche- choclera- mazorca- morro- mui- pico- tarasca- trucha- entrada- desembocadura- boca- impertinencia
mouthadjective
bucal
to mouthverb
decir mecánicamente- decir- mover los labios
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "hand-to-mouth" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
The Union cannot live hand-to-mouth: it has to have this long-term perspective.
La Unión no puede vivir precariamente: ha de tener esta perspectiva a largo plazo.
Our foreign policy exists, quite literally, from hand to mouth.
La política exterior es de cortas miras.
It obviously prefers a hand-to-mouth existence.
Es evidente que prefiere vivir al día.
they live from hand to mouth
viven colgados
Frankly, hand-to-mouth policy needs to take a back seat in favour of visionary policy that considers tomorrow and makes sustainable development a key factor for the future.
Francamente, la política del día a día debe ceder el puesto a la política visionaria, la que piensa en el futuro y hace del desarrollo sostenible un factor clave para el futuro.
I have friends who are authors and they survive hand-to-mouth on royalties and have to sell their own belongings to write the next book or create the next film.
Tengo amigos que son autores y que sobreviven como pueden gracias a las regalías, y que tienen que vender sus propias pertenencias para escribir el próximo libro o para crear la próxima película.

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